The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-06

terie trimming. Many women went out endi In
es the reporter watched, but few q them
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Many wore cheap mourning, and como had
turn 70 such work rather than TO regular sew
makes 4 nosslSis Tor pa pssseasntoric manaise.
turers to get their work done for next to moth
e% Sy. h ns Gn S yhS G ssa
SsssE ssss even III S als y
specta6lllty Joins with Ignorance and necessity
enable nab g nsGre to reckon
pense Of manufacturing their goods.
In Mrs. Ohle's window was ca.d Of the some
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twelve cents q yard.
How much is that yard2"
sy s Is ' sss prss
ALICE sHAcKLEroN's HARD LOT.
Alice Bates shackleton and her two children
aitSre, in Which a stove is mot included. at AS
been sick abed and thu, mother is siek. but not
thoTgh che ne 9%sht to e sh s sa makes hSs
Twelfth street. The pattern on which she
works ie a set for o dress trimming. There are
hve or Blk pieces In 1t, and " takes some forty
psin.sa sn s pa ana ESsn ssEsa VIII
OF the pattern and Carefully pressed. For sRe
whole set Mrs. Shackleton gets TWENTY-FIVE
dsy sRs fn she Ff
Il she can WRen n' she h has stoaay work she can
amount Of time sho has to lose in going after
and taking home work. .,.,.
tSs1 low sas ssf sss
here that, makes trimming for Weinberg. on
s Ss out e ao sSs
pays twenty cents. She has some that she pays
sixteen for and another Kind that Is only Fl.
cents for making brings 1915 in store"
ALWAYS FIFTY CENTS DAY.
2s5 West Fourth street and has been WORKING
Is very skilled hand at it.. She says O. eA'
have worked for week on six dozen that
shall get sGE ty s cents DOZEN for the@ is
tor weeks osp work. for weyS
get = little more. but can't make oyer % 2
for tie same ssaris that now have to take home
ether but the cSean men droys him out q tie
business. He wouldn't pay the small prices
s hy a the 4 sna so he
work nov for Ri Burger c. on Broad Broad
h ss sr wsnea to een make sozs fns
been hsY sGs Ss 9ef
in that way I told him ], guessed I'd step
snS I'd a and ses hs ho y9n anN@s t.
Se fc nStf PAID s
shops se can make little @ore they Claim than
90 but t1 r., us that has to take the work out
SEVENTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE AND CAN MAKE
TWO DOLLARS A WEEK.
I.izzie Plintsky and an invalid husband live
at 80 Eldridge street Mrs. Plintsky is an arti-
fetal flower maker. She learned the business
a sGps es
her husband. volubly explaining for her. says:
i Dollar bad w os esss
ing down all the time. never up and now for 2
pretty rosebuds, that she must nuke tho cot
ton ball and all the six pieces to put Ground,
for the whole gross. she work as hard as she
can from morning ~ night late she make but
"ns o mss heg pss Thss
five cents for gross, and some Of the aowers
sfs S %a,k iii m ooek ten s sD My
She work for u man named Heinrich. on Prince
street. now but he Is no worse than the rest.
all starve, no matter for whom work they.
One thing is bad. the womens In Jersey
little money for themselves, for nothing al
most That make poor the pay Of all the
yyomens In New York; They make for twenty;
that to bring them in. II was well 1t would
not be so. for work. am clerk for china
cannot go to a factory. she cannot work here
SO to make enough for us. We can do nothing.
not do 1t at oil. In the chops. they get some
better pay. All the good work is save for the
girls IN the shop; But the pay there Is small,
selves together and say they would not work
for so low wage maybe 1t better might be. but
they do not" :.